WATCH — Veteran Given Updated Roof in Time for Thanksgiving: ‘Such a Blessing’
A local business in California is showing appreciation for servicemembers through a project on the home of a United States Navy veteran.

A local business in California is showing appreciation for servicemembers through a project on the home of a United States Navy veteran.

Students in Oneonta, Alabama, gave a huge round of applause for their classmate, nine-year-old JD Alfaro, when he received a merit award from emergency crews.

Gary Sinise ensured 78 veterans living at the Victory Park apartment complex received a Thanksgiving meal on Wednesday, the Lincoln Journal Star reports. Veterans ranged from the age of 22-74 and served in several different conflicts and wars.

A little boy in Aurora, Colorado, is on a mission to help children in need during the upcoming holiday season.

Police in Hartville, Ohio, are praising an officer who recently saved a woman from inside her sinking vehicle.

A Tennesse World War II veteran received a new house after his home burned down on his family farm in May.

Saturday was National Adoption Day and several children found their permanent families the day prior in Independence, Missouri, Fox 4 KC reported.

The Logan Township Volunteer Firefighters in Pennsylvania are yet again providing Thanksgiving meals to families in need this season.

Kroger grocery stores and Alpha Omega Veterans Services partnered to provide gift cards to Memphis-area veterans ahead of Thanksgiving for the fifth straight year.

A six-year-old Pennsylvania girl is battling a rare form of cancer and her father’s coworkers have come up with a clever way to raise money for her family: “The Fat & Furious Hundred-Yard Dash.”

Police officers in Denver, Colorado, and the Denver Police Foundation went on a unique kind of patrol recently.

Operation Turkey Houston is gearing up to prepare and deliver more than 8,300 Thanksgiving feasts to Texas families in need.

The Henrico Police Department (HPD) in Virginia joined forces with an anonymous donor Friday to deliver Thanksgiving meals to families in the area.

A Washington man and his coworkers used tractors to rescue people stranded in raging floodwaters after historic rains caused intense flooding in the town of Sumas in Whatcom County.

A Hawaiin boy scout helped save a lost couple and their dog while hiking over the Summer and is now being lauded for his savvy thinking.

A boy with Down syndrome made a big crowd in Oklahoma erupt in cheers and applause when he took one incredible basketball shot.

A mystery jogger is being hailed as a hero after he rescued a family’s pets from a house fire while they were out of the home.

An Indiana man recently recalled how he heroically rescued two young children from drowning at St. Pete Beach in Florida.

A local store was left with nothing after thieves apparently targeted it, but community members are stepping up to get the shop, One Pair, back to business.

An anonymous donor purchased $80,000 worth of toys from a California toy store and donated them to Toys for Tots.

A Maryland Natural Resources Police officer is being praised for saving a suicidal woman who jumped from a pier into a river near Chesapeake City.

A 17-year-old Eagle Scout rescued two people who were drowning at the beach this past summer and recounted his story in a recent interview.

Two Vietnam Veterans finally reunited more than 50 years after one saved another in the heat of battle.

A seven-year-old girl named Abrielle Mundahl recently came up with an idea to raise money for first responders in West, Texas.

Across Southern New England, citizens plan to honor the nation’s veterans with parades and ceremonies for Veterans Day.

A Marine couple with two young children was shocked to discover that Veterans United Home Loans paid off their mortgage before Veterans Day.

Citizens acted fast with help from Port Orange, Florida, police officers when a pizza delivery driver veered off the roadway and landed in a canal.

California firefighters rescued a woman from a rolled-over vehicle in the nick of time as fire was rapidly engulfing the car.

For quite a while, Gary “Chops” Polk has been making his home inside a small trailer in La Follette, Tennessee.

A St. Louis girl got to realize her dream of owning a bakery for a day and customers raised enough funds for her to have a treatment that increases her ability to keep living.

Korean War Veteran Seaman Ernest Guy Hester, 90, received a grand reception upon returning to South Carolina from an Honor Flight to Washington, DC.

Over 2,000 bikers gathered in downtown Wichita, Kansas, on Sunday to participate in the 42nd annual Wichita Toy Run.

An 82-year-old woman was rescued from a house fire in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, by a family member and good Samaritans who were passing by.

An anonymous donor supplied the funds for a low vision magnifying glass for a 7-year-old Oregon child who had brain cancer and lost most of her vision as a result.

A Vietnam veteran got some much needed help from an organization in Wyandotte, Michigan, when it was discovered he was living in poor conditions.

A Wisconsin teacher with stage four cancer received a touching surprise when her students showed up at the hospital to sing her worship songs.

Even though the most popular wedding remains the traditional kind, that was not what happened recently for one couple in Iowa.

A 13-year-old Jacksonville girl is hosting her second coat drive for homeless folks and she wants “to host job fairs’ in the future.

A good Samaritan found a teenager who was trapped in a crashed car and comforted him until first responders arrived on scene.

An Ohio couple adopted their foster children, who are three young sisters, on the first day of National Adoption Month.
